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Attention Score in Context
| Title |
The Adaptive Function of Masturbation in a Promiscuous African Ground Squirrel
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0013060 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jane M. Waterman |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 117 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 14 | 12% |
| Canada | 6 | 5% |
| Argentina | 3 | 3% |
| Japan | 3 | 3% |
| France | 3 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 2% |
| Spain | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Unknown | 45 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 86 | 74% |
| Scientists | 22 | 19% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 3% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 134 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| Japan | 2 | 1% |
| Mexico | 2 | 1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Hungary | 1 | <1% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 114 | 85% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 29 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 9% |
| Professor | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 18 | 13% |
| Unknown | 14 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 80 | 60% |
| Psychology | 10 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 3% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 15 | 11% |
| Unknown | 18 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 333. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 October 2023.
All research outputs
#102,457
of 25,911,277 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#1,631
of 226,031 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#231
of 110,057 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#12
of 937 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,911,277 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 226,031 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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